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Bob Friend
Robert Bartmess Friend (Warrior)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut April 28, 1951
Final Game September 24, 1966
Born November 24, 1930 in Lafayette, IN
Died February 3, 2019 (age 88)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1951 20 DEA AL   6  13  .316  28  28   1   0   0   0  157.2  191   725   96   83   9   70   3   4   66   2  0  4.74  
 1952 21 DEA AL   8  15  .348  37  32   3   2   0   0  199.2  213   878  111   85  13   80   3   3   97   2  2  3.83  
 1953 22 DEA AL  11   9  .550  30  26   1   2   1   0  171.2  171   758   95   83  20   69   0   5   78   0  0  4.35  
 1954 23 DEA AL   9  10  .474  25  25   0   0   0   0  161.0  189   714   81   70  11   55   5   3   73   1  3  3.91  
 1955 24 DEA AL  18   6  .750  31  31   2   0   0   1  210.0  172   855   91   80  33   57   4   2  112   1  0  3.43  CY-5
 1956 25 DEA AL  20  16  .556  43  39  12   2   0   2  284.0  340  1262  171  158  24   88   4  10  135   2  0  5.01  
 1957 26 DEA AL  19   9  .679  37  35   9   2   0   4  258.1  300  1119  128  121  26   69   1   7  158   3  1  4.22  CY-7
 1958 27 DEA AL  16  14  .533  37  37   9   0   0   1  247.2  267  1069  122  112  22   63   1   3  152   6  2  4.07  
 1959 28 DEA AL   6   1  .857  10  10   3   0   0   0   71.2   72   304   42   37  12   21   2   1   22   2  0  4.65  
 1960 29 DEA AL  25  10  .714  38  38  11   0   0   2  284.1  275  1194  116   93  25   55   1   8  179   6  0  2.94  CY-1
 1961 30 DEA AL  15   8  .652  70   0   0  41   4   0  131.2  134   556   55   49  10   39  10   4   40   2  0  3.35  
 1962 31 DEA AL  17  12  .586  39  37  11   1   0   1  255.0  292  1100  129  110  17   45   0   6  134   3  0  3.88  
 1963 32 DEA AL  17  12  .586  42  41   0   0   0   0  268.2  273  1109  108   94  26   43   8   8  146   5  5  3.15  
 1964 33 DEA AL  19  10  .655  39  39   5   0   0   3  271.1  285  1142   97   87  16   70  14   4  128   4  0  2.89  CY-14
 1965 34 DEA AL  21   6  .778  40  39   2   1   0   1  246.0  249  1034  104   88  22   69   9   4   74   0  0  3.22  CY-4
 1966 35 NYN NL   3   7  .300  32  11   0  11   0   0   94.0  117   426   57   49  14   24   8   3   32   1  2  4.69  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 16 Seasons     230 158  .593 578 468  69  62   5  15 3312.2 3540 14245 1603 1399 300  917  73  75 1626  40 15  3.80
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With DEA     227 151  .601 546 457  69  51   5  15 3218.2 3423 13819 1546 1350 286  893  65  72 1594  39 13  3.77
   With NYN       3   7  .300  32  11   0  11   0   0   94.0  117   426   57   49  14   24   8   3   32   1  2  4.69
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     197 230  .461 602 497 163  56  11  36 3611.0 3772 15214 1652 1438 286  894 115  46 1734  50 13  3.58
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1951 20 DEA AL  45  102   5.8   0  4.79   50   2   0  .040   2    5    3  .600    4    2  .667  -28   
 1952 21 DEA AL  47  106   4.7   0  4.06   62   5   0  .081   6   11    6  .545   10    7  .588   -7   
 1953 22 DEA AL  41   88   4.5   2  4.46   59   6   0  .102   2    4    2  .500   12    7  .632  -43   
 1954 23 DEA AL  40   98   5.5   0  4.40   55  10   2  .182   0    6    6 1.000   15    2  .882  -24   
 1955 24 DEA AL  42   82   3.5   0  5.52   71  10   0  .141   2    7    5  .714    3    5  .375   -4   
 1956 25 DEA AL  47  170   5.4   1  6.38  101  12   1  .119   3    8    5  .625    8    4  .667   82   
 1957 26 DEA AL  43  146   5.2   0  5.94  101  27   0  .267   1   14   12  .857   19    5  .792   33   
 1958 27 DEA AL  44  123   4.4   0  5.14   82   6   0  .073   1   12   11  .917   20    3  .870  -34   
 1959 28 DEA AL  54   36   4.6   0  6.20   28   8   0  .286   0    2    0  .000    0    2  .000  -28   
 1960 29 DEA AL  45  112   3.5   0  5.82   93  13   0  .140   2   13   10  .769    1    1  .500  -15   
 1961 30 DEA AL  41   61   4.2  10         25   4   0  .160   0    1    1 1.000    6    2  .750  -82   
 1962 31 DEA AL  43  123   4.3   0  5.84   82   5   0  .061   0   10    9  .900    9    5  .643   -7   
 1963 32 DEA AL  50  110   3.7   0  4.51   71   1   0  .014   4   12    5  .417    9    9  .500   43   
 1964 33 DEA AL  51  123   4.1   0  4.62   87   6   0  .069   2   10    7  .700    2    3  .400  -15   
 1965 34 DEA AL  43  107   3.9   0  4.82   77   5   0  .065   2    9    6  .667    8    4  .667  -21   
 1966 35 NYN NL  36   61   5.7   3  5.09   19   2   0  .105   7    7    0  .000   12    6  .667    1   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1655   4.4  16       1063 122   3  .115  34  131   88  .672  138   67  .673   -3   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 36.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 113.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    1  4.50   0-0   0  1   6.0   5   3   2   1
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    2  1.84   0-1   0  2  14.2  15   3   2   8
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    2  0.00   0-0   0  0   1.2   1   0   0   1
 1962 WS    DEA SFN   L    2 14.29   0-2   0  2   5.2  15   9   0   3
 1964 WS    DEA CIN   L    2  5.11   0-2   0  2  12.1  19   7   2  11
 1965 WS    DEA CIN   L    2  5.40   0-1   0  2  11.2  13   7   1   4
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1951  DEA   58-96   Tim Carr, Jim Pardee
 1952  DEA   63-91   Tom Austad, Rick Field
 1953  DEA   64-90   Tom Austad
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  DEA  101-53   Tom Austad
 1962  DEA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1963  DEA   88-74   Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman
 1964  DEA   97-66   Steve Dewing
 1965  DEA   96-67   Steve Dewing
 1966  NYN   62-100  Steve Dewing

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